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Monday, January 28, 2013

Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent TransylvanianDutchblog) started his own Monday blog theme several years ago called Amanuensis Monday. What does "amanuensis" mean? John offers this definition:

"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."The subject today is a document from the Revolutionary War Pension File of Martin Carringer (1758-1835) of Mercer County, Pennsylvania (accessed on and digital image obtained from www.Fold3.com):

The transcription of this paper (image 37 on the Fold3 filmstrip) is:

DeclarationIn order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2d February 1848 Entitled an Act Making Further Provisions for Surviving Widows of Soldiers of the RevolutionState of Pennsylvania }County of Mercer } SSOn this twenty ninth day of March 1849, personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace Molly Carringer a resident of Sandy Creek township in the County of Mercer aged Eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provissions made by the act of Congress passed on the 2d February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Martin Carringer who was a private in the Revolutionary War under the act of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the annual amount of the Pension which she received under the act of 17th June 1844 was Eighty dollars per annum. She further declared that she is still a widow.Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before Adam Seiple J.P. .................................................. her....................................................................... Molly X Carringer................................................................................ markState of Pennsylvania }County of Mercer } SS March the 29th 1849I Adam Seiple a Magistrate in the County above named do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory Evidence viz. my own personal knowledge that Molly Carringer who this day appeared before Me and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration is the identical person she represents herself to be. Given under my hand at West Greenville on the day and year above written. .................................................................. Adam Seiple
It seems that every time that Congress changed the law, Mary/Molly Carringer had to make another declaration.

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I am a native San Diegan, a graduate of San Diego State University, a retired aerospace engineer, a genealogist and a family guy.
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